Fence protector



Jan. 5, 1932.

-H. MAHONEY FENCE PROTECTOR Filed Dec. 26, 1930 Patented Jan. 5, 1932 UNITED STATES HUGH n MAHONEY, or omonmnn, INDIANA FENCE PRornoToR Application filed December 26, 1930. Serial'No. 504,687. 1

This invention relates to a uard wire holder adapted to be used in connection with fences to provide a safeguard against damage by heavy or vicious animals and in general to serve the usual purposes of guard wires of this character. My invention consists in the provision of a novel device for supporting the guard wire in connection with a fence, and has for its principal object to provide a simple, inexpensive, durable and readily removable and interchangeable guard wire holder. A further object is to provide such a holder which will afford maximum convenience in installation and removal. Other and more limited objects will appear as the specification proceeds.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a fence showing my invention'in its position of use; Fig. 2 is an end view showing one phase of the preferred method of installing or attaching my improved guard wire holder; and Fig.

3 is an end view showing the same in position.

In the drawings I have shown a mesh fence 10 of usual construction supported by means of posts 11 and attached to such posts as by staples 12. My improved wire holder consists of two bars '13 and 14. Each of these bars is provided with notches 13" and 14 at one end. The bars are pivoted together as at 15 by means of a suitable rivet. At the opposite ends of the bars 13 and 14 I provide slots 13 and 14". Communicating with said slots are openings 13 and 14 constituting with such slots at an end of each bar a T slot. From the drawings it will be observed that the bar 13 is longer than the bar 14. This relative length serves the double function of positioning the guard wire 16 at substantially the level of the top strand of the fence 10 andpermits the attachment of the bar 13 to a: lower strand and the subsequent rotation of the bar 14 therepast for attachment to the top strand and simultaneous locking of the guard wire 16 between the notches 13 and 14 as clearly indicated in Fig. 3. It will also be observed that the pivot point 15 is positioned to one side of the center of each of the bars, that is, toward the side which contains the notches. This permits the use of shallower notches than would otherwise be possible. The openings 13 and 14 are placed on the sides'of the bars which are to be on the lower side when thedevice is in position of use whereby to avoid the disconnecting'of' the bars from the strands of the fence 10 due toaction of gravity if said strands move in the slots 13 and14 In order to secure this result itis necessarythat the opening 13 and the notch 13 be placed on opposite sides of the bar 13 while the opening 14 andthe notch '14 are placed on the same side of the 00 bar 14. V v j lVhile Ihaveshown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention I wish it 7 understood that various departures in construction from the embodiment illustrated may be made and that I am limited only in accordance with the appended claims. i

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A guard wire holder for fences includ- '10 ing a pair of bars pivoted together, notches adjacent the pivot point adapted to hold a guard wire, and T-slots spaced from said pivot point and adapted toengagespaced wires of a fence, oneof said T-slots being from said pivot point a greater distance than the other, whereby the shorter bar may be pivoted past the longer when the latter is connected to a wire of a fence.

2. A guard wire holder for fences includso ing a pair of bars, each of said bars having a notch adjacent one end, the opposite end of each bar being provided with a slot, an opening communicating with each of said slots for entrance of a wire, said notch and said opening being on the same edge of one of said bars and on opposite edges of the other bar, said bars being pivoted together adjacent said notches.

the center of at leastone of said bars.

4. A guard Wire holder for fences includ ing a pair of bars, each of said bars having a notch adjacent one end, the opposite end of each bar being provided with a slot, an opening communicating with each of said slots for entrance of a Wire, said notch and said opening being on the same edge of one of said bars and on opposite edges oi": the other bar, said bars being pivoted together adjacent said notches, the pivot point being off-cert tered toward the same edge of one of said bars which contains the notch.

5. A guard Wire holder for fences including a pair of bars flat throughout their iength and pivoted together, notches adjacent the pivot point adapted to hold a guard wire, and T-slots spaced from said pivot point and adapted to engage spaced Wires of a fence, one of said bars having its T-slot and notch on the same side, the other bar having them on opposite sides and being enough longer than said first bar to permit it to pivot past said other bar when the T-slot thereof is engaged over a wire.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature.

HUGH L. MAHONEY. 

